Lent
Cuaresma

This year Ash Wednesday fall on February 14th, 2018 which marks the beginning of the Lenten

Season. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards. If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the “paschal fast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrection.

Stations of the Cross

Vía Crucis

This year we will have the Stations of the Cross in both English and in Spanish. Beginning Thursday after Ash Wednesday and every Thursday during the Lenten Season we will have the Stations of the Cross in Spanish immediately after the daily Mass (around 7:15 p.m.) in the main church. Beginning the Friday after Ash Wednesday and every Friday during the Lenten Season we will have the Stations of the Cross in English immediately after the daily Mass (around 7:15 p.m.). In addition, the Daily Mass on Thursday and Friday will be celebrated in the main church during the Lenten Season only. I am requesting any of our parish ministries and organizations who would like to help facilitate the Stations of the Cross on either day to contact the parish office and to sign up.